Karnal, Jan. 8 -- Kurukshetra police on Wednesday said they have arrested a village sarpanch for allegedly contesting the 2022 panchayat elections using a forged Class 10 certificate.

The accused, identified as Pawan Kumar, the suspended sarpanch of Kharindwa village in the Shahabad subdivision, was produced before a court on Tuesday and remanded to judicial custody, a police spokesperson said.

According to the police, Kumar had submitted a Class 10 marksheet purportedly issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) while filing his nomination papers for the panchayat elections in 2022. He went on to win the election by a margin of nearly 300 votes, defeating his rival Sanjeev Kumar.

Following the election, Sanjeev Kumar lo...